VNC versus Sunray

[Wayne Throop]

: X-terms and Terminal Servers [] actually transmit instructions from
: the server to the client describing how to create the window (Draw
: window X by Y, put text "x" at coordinates "x,y" using font "z", etc)

No, the instructions go from the client (eg, xterm, or emacs, or mozilla)
to the server (X or Xvnc or an X terminal).  (That may be what you meant,
but I figured it might be worth commenting, since many people seem to
think the X terminal or the X process is the client, and the apps
are the servers, which is mistaken.)

: This is a lower bandwidth solution [than VNC] but it often requires
: more CPU power and/or a smarter client. 

Whether it's lower bandwidth (and especially whether it's higher
throughput) depends strongly on just what's being drawn.  As an
example, mozilla rendering a graphics-rich page will actually run
much faster via VNC than via direct X interaction.



Wayne Throop   throopw@sheol.org